Psychonauts 2developerDouble Finerecently released a new documentary series, PsychOdyssey, in partnership with 2 Player Productions to show players the journey of making the sequel to Psychonauts from the beginning to the very end.
PsychOdyssey has been in development for 7 years, which makes it a massive documentary series showing every challenge that Double Fine faced during the development of Psychonauts 2. “Ten years after the release of their flagship video game Psychonauts, Double Fine Productions returns to its most celebrated franchise with Psychonauts 2,” reads the blurb for PyschOdyssey. “Now facing the pressure to produce a worthy sequel, the studio must confront overly ambitious designs, poor morale, technical challenges and financial woes, all during a turbulent span of time for the world.”
PsychOdyssey includes 32 episodes plus a dedicated movie in between, which makes the whole series become over 20 hours long. Thankfully, the new series is completely free, and you can check outall the episodes on YouTube.
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Psychonauts 2 was originally announced back in 2015, but it took Double Fine nearly six years to release the game in 2021. In the middle of the development process, Double Fine was acquired byMicrosoftin 2019, receiving better financial support for completing its highly anticipated project.
Despite the fact that Psychonauts 2 received a heartwarming welcome from fans and reviewers, it didn’t manage to win any trophies at The Game Awards 2021, though it was nominated in five different categories, including Game of the Year, which was awarded to It Takes Two.
Since the launch of Psychonauts 2, Double Fine has been tight-lipped about its next project. It is yet to be seen what Tim Schafer and his team are dreaming for the future at the moment, but now that they are operating under a tech giant as big as Microsoft, they might not experience the financial difficulties they did when developing Psychonauts 2.
